After the unprecedented success of The Avengers, Marvel is thinking bigger and maybe even better.

Following Iron Man 3, Thor 2 and Captain America 2, sources are reporting that the studio is releasing a Guardians of the Galaxy movie, even though Marvel hasn't officially confirmed yet.

We've been hearing rumors about this possible adaptation for quite some time now, but people put it together after Disney announced on Tuesday that an untitled Marvel movie's release date was changed from May 16, 2014 to August 1, 2014.

Remember that big, mean-looking purple dude at the end of The Avengers? Everyone who didn't immediately recognize him probably Googled him to discover that he's a super dangerous galactic villain named Thanos.

We assumed he'd be the next guy trying to invade earth, but it turns out

Comic-Con 2012 is just ONE WEEK away and we're happy to report that there will be PLENTY of panels to keep the film geeks happy. In fact, Saturday's schedule alone is worth the price of admission for the entire weekend!

For starters, Quentin Tarantino has secured a Saturday slot in Hall H to screen scenes from his upcoming revenge flick, Django Unchained.

Marvel will also be showing off Iron Man 3 as well as "an inside look at the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe." We hope that means special guests will be discussing Thor 2, Captain America 2 and maybe Edgar Wright's Ant-Man, since Tony Stark's latest solo adventure is rumored to be providing a launching pad for Marvel's newest adaptation.

We've heard it before and now we're hearing it again: The Black Panther is supposedly the next superhero that Marvel wants to adapt for the big screen.

A screenwriter was hired to pump out a script in early 2011 and now more than a year later, sources are saying that the script is "fantastic".

Disney is planning for the "first black hero in mainstream comics" to make his debut shortly after Captain America 2 is released in 2014, which means the African hero may be included in the Avengers 2.

It's looking like we might not get a Captain America 2 until summer 2014, and this is coming from the Cap himself, Chris Evans.

Not only that, but he talks about how he's only signed for a 6 movie deal, and the plan is three Caps and three Avengers, so if they wanted him to pop up in a different movie set in the same universe (as Marvel has been doing for a while now leading up to Avengers), they might run into some issues with him:

And in a new interview published on Thursday, the college student admitted that she received a ton of hateful messages -- including death and rape threats -- following the crybaby candidate's digital tantrum.

The now-19-year-old explained to The Washington Post that she couldn't have anticipated the kind of backlash she received, saying: